名詞 isolation:

1. a state of separation between persons or groups
2. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
   同義詞：closing off
3. a feeling of being disliked and alone
4. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
5. a country's withdrawal from international politics

1. His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others.
   他的孤立使他對別人的感情木然無知。
2. A period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country.
   檢疫期，隔離期當運輸工具、人或材料被懷疑帶有傳染性疾病，被扣留在港口進行強行隔離的一段期限，以防止疾病傳入某個國家
3. He examined each piece of evidence in isolation.
   他分別審查每一證據(jù)。
4. Looked at in isolation, these facts are not encouraging.
   孤立地看，這些事實并不樂觀。

i.so.la.tion

n.（名詞）
The act of isolating.
分隔：分隔的行為
The quality or condition of being isolated.See Synonyms at solitude
隔離：被分隔的特性或情形參見 solitude